NVIDIA Quadro M500M vs ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M500M and ATI FireMV 2200 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro M500M

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
1163x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1163 vs 1
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 April 2016 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163 vs 1
PassMark - G2D Mark	180 vs 153

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

53.4x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M500M
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

153

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	1163	1
PassMark - G2D Mark	180	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	6069
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2174
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M500M	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 7
Code name	GM108	RV280
Launch date	27 April 2016	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	1093	1090
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	17.98 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count		36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCI
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Shader Model	5.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
nView Display Management
Optimus